these are a cancelled Indiana Jones game by Core Design. It was a re-skin version of the cancelled Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition that Core Design was developing soon after TRAE was cancelled.
“Artbase” contains the main core of the assets – locations, character models, tools used for development, geometry etc. This is currently the most complete collection of assets. The “levels jan 2006” archive contains certain level files that have different timestamp from those in “artbase”. They could be exactly the same files, we currently don’t know but think it could be important to preserve all the versions for historical value.
Inside Artbase\tombraider\sources\globals you will find a converter by Nakamichi. This converter will allow you to convert level geometry from “globals” folder into .ma and .fbx formats and extract textures. It works from command line so just give it a name of the file you want to extract and it will create a subfolder with .fbx, .ma and textures. This could be useful for TRLE enthusiasts or artists. Please show us what you create!
Artbase\tombraider\converters\animsequencerui will allow you to view character models located in Artbase\tombraider\sources\models\characters (you will need Visual Studio installed for it to work).
Other tools in Artbase\tombraider\converters\ could be useful to understand how file formats work. Some of them are Maya converters which are obsolete. You will need old Maya 7.0 (this is the one that was used in production of these files) to make them work.
Visit trae.tomb-of-ash.com for tips and developer commands to enjoy the build in full.
TO PLAY:
1 download artbase and extract it to C: drive (it is important you have a folder structure like this C:\artbase\tombraider etc. the game won't run if it's not placed on C drive).
2a download patch.zip extract it into c:\artbase replacing any files. This will allow you play the game using main menu.
3 (optional) download Gh0stblade_-_XProger_level_select_patch.zip extract it into c:\artbase replacing any files. This will allow you to select a level before the start of the game. Main menu will not be accessible but you can visit The Lost Plateau which is not accessible via main menu.
4. Run the game via the bat file in c:\artbase folder
LOG:
22/01/2021
by @reborninshadows
-adds water & fire sfx + ambience sfx to some areas on many levels.
Keep in mind that this is not final and many new sounds will be added.
19/01/2021
by @reborninshadows
-ambience sounds in caves and main menu
-replaced TR1 apes with TRAE models
-restored mummy models on Tomb of Qualopec
13/01/2021
by XProger (https://twitter.com/XProger_san)
- add VS C++ runtime library (msvcr71.dll)
- fix white textures on integrated graphics hardware
- fix inverted camera control
- add anisotropic filtering for textures (8x)
- fix annoying error message boxes, now they are output to the console
- fix main menu to TRAE version
- fix levels loading from menu
- fix memory pools size
- fix max frame rate to 60 FPS
- fix functionality of the PrtScn key
13/01/2021
by @reborninshadows
- Latest patch by Xproger makes original Atlantis (without fixes) playable so we're restoring the original level. Previously Angelinthedark had to remove most objects to make it work.
11/01/2021
by @reborninshadows
-Palace Midas now works!
-Atlantis now works!
09/01/2021
by XProger (https://twitter.com/XProger_san)
- fix inverted camera control
- add anisotropic filtering for textures (x8)
07/01/2021
-Fixed white textures on some graphics card
-missing msvcr71.dll now included
This patch is by Xproger
06/01/2021
- Fixed random crashes upon simply free roaming City of Khamoon/Natla's Mine/Great Pyramid
- Removed a few crashing triggers in Khamoon, Natla's Mines and Great Pyramid
This patch is by N.Chabb
04/01/2021
-Inventory crash and item pickup crash resolved.
-Sounds on all levels
-fixed crash in Caves,
-fixed the door in the Manor and no invisible doors at the start of Cistern.
This patch is by @reborninshadows
OPTIONAL MODS:
- TRAE_DX11_Wrapper_with_Reshade_Support by TRFan94 (makes it pretty!)
- Xbox_Fixed_Controls_for_TRAE - those with Xbox controller should use this. See readme. By TRFan94
- Added a mod that allows you to play as Melissa, Lara's cousin by @GamingVirtua
